The leadership of the\u00a0 Conference\u00a0 of\u00a0 Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP),\u00a0 has petitioned\u00a0\u00a0 the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ogbonaya Onovo, \u00a0requesting the police \u00a0to investigate the authenticity of the signature contained in the 2010 Appropriation \u00a0Bill (Budget) presented\u00a0 to the National Assembly late last year by the Special Adviser to\u00a0 president Umaru Musa Yar\u2019Adua, on National Assembly Matters.<\/p>\n
A\u00a0chieftain of the party, Mr. \u00a0Osita \u00a0Okechukwu, who disclosed this to newsmen weekend, in Enugu, said\u00a0the\u00a0position of CNPP as a \u00a0\u00a0body on the matter was that , such allegation \u00a0should \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0be taken very seriously by all and sundry by\u00a0 investigating it.<\/p>\n
Such serious allegation, he reasoned, should not be swept under the carpet \u00a0for whatever reason\u00a0 in \u00a0the over all\u00a0 interest of\u00a0 Nigeria as a nation and her citizenry.<\/p>\n
According to the former\u00a0CNPP national publicity secretary, \u201c If the police authorities fail to investigate such magnitude of allegation, it then means that the soul of the nation\u2019s economy is under serious threat\u201d, he further stressed.<\/p>\n
It would be recalled that following the condition of health\u00a0 of President Yar\u2019Adua, who has been away for medical treatment abroad\u00a0 for close to two months now, his Special Adviser on National Assembly\u00a0 matters was mandated to present the 2010 budget proposal to members of the National Assembly late last year for consideration.<\/p>\n
However, since after the budget presentation, tongues have continued to wag\u00a0 as there\u00a0 had been allegation of forgery in the budget document, as some concerned Nigerians alleged that the signature contained in the vital document\u00a0\u00a0 was not that of Mr. President. \u00a0<\/p>\n
His words:\u00a0 \u201cIt was against this backdrop that CNPP leadership \u00a0decided to petition the police boss\u201d , assuring \u00a0that the party \u00a0would not rest on its oars until the nation\u2019s political leaders begin to get things right including respecting the country\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n
Continuing, Mr. \u00a0Okechukwu expressed regrets that \u00a0since 1958, this was the first time in Nigeria a serving Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) was mandated to \u00a0swear\u2013in his successor in office.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 He, therefore, used\u00a0 the forum to \u00a0explain \u00a0that last Thursday\u2019s mass action by a body, under the aegis of Save Nigeria Group {SNG}, which he is a member\u00a0at the National Assembly\u00a0Abuja, over the vacuum already created in the nation\u2019s leadership\u00a0 by the continued absence of President Yar\u2019 Adua at his duty post,\u00a0was not aimed at witch-hunting any body but rather, was designed to compel\u00a0members of the National Assembly to rise up to their \u00a0responsibilities.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Mr. Okechukwu also revealed \u00a0that the group would storm the National Assembly, where they would hold discussions\u00a0with the leadership of both chambers on the way forward for the vacuum created by the President\u2019s failing health, adding that, during the visit, they would make the federal lawmakers see reasons why they should explore some sections of the country\u2019s constitution such as section 145 in addressing the serious leadership problem already created by the 48 days\u00a0 absence of the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 president.<\/p>\n
Some of the key personalities who\u00a0to lead\u00a0the mass action , included, noble laureate, Wole Soyinka, former presidential candidate of ADC, during the last general election, Professor Pat Utomi, Alhaji \u00a0Balarabe Musa, among others.<\/p>\n
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Canice Amadi\u00a0Enugu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The leadership of the\u00a0 Conference\u00a0 of\u00a0 Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP),\u00a0 has petitioned\u00a0\u00a0 the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ogbonaya Onovo, \u00a0requesting the police \u00a0to investigate the authenticity of the signature contained in the 2010 Appropriation \u00a0Bill (Budget) presented\u00a0 to the National Assembly late last year by the Special Adviser to\u00a0 president Umaru Musa Yar\u2019Adua, on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}